SportsCar GTS Laguna Seca 1997 - Race Results

Event: FIA Grand Touring Championship at Laguna Seca		Date: 26.10.1997
Track: Laguna Seca Raceway (United States), 3.602 kms	Organiser: unknown
SportsCar GTS Laguna Seca
IMSA GTS (round 11) International Motor Sport Association (round 11)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.	FL Time	In	Km/h
1^st	96	Bernard / Brabham	Panoz GTR-1 Ford		67	1:45:52.328	240.0272 kms	136.7572		1^st	GTS-1	1:22.9870	31	156.2432
2^nd	32	Delétraz / Giroix	Lotus GT1		66	1:46:30.933				2^nd	GTS-1	1:23.3740		155.5173
3^rd	61	Konrad / Ham	Porsche 911 GT2	Konrad Motorsport	65			132.1931		1^st	GTS-2	1:28.7840	30	146.0415
4^th	56	Snow / Collins	Porsche 911 GT2	Martin Snow	65					2^nd	GTS-2	1:29.4800		144.9053
5^th	27	Maxwell / Priestley	Ford Mustang Cobra	Multimatic Motorsport	65					3^rd	GTS-1	1:28.0060		147.3322
6^th	99	Schumacher / Cobb	Porsche 911 GT2	Schumacher Racing	65					3^rd	GTS-2	1:29.5920		144.7235
7^th	97	Layer / Wagner	Porsche 911 GT2	GMB Motorsports	65					4^th	GTS-2	1:29.3900		145.0502
8^th	7	Duez / Quester	BMW M3	Prototype Technology Group	64			130.5983		1^st	GTS-3	1:30.9960		142.4913
9^th	10	Auberlen / Said	BMW M3	Prototype Technology Group	64					2^nd	GTS-3	1:30.5220		143.2364
10^th	6	Quiros / Hill	BMW M3	Prototype Technology Group	64					3^rd	GTS-3	1:30.8370		142.7408
11^th	68	Buckler / Walton	Porsche 911	The Racers Group	64					4^th	GTS-3	1:31.4510		141.7816
12^th	25	Gagliardo / Dittmer	Porsche 964 Carrera RSR	Alex Job Racing	64					5^th	GTS-3	1:31.7930		141.2537
13^th	5	Simo / Said / Cohen	BMW M3	Prototype Technology Group	62					6^th	GTS-3	1:30.9320		142.5911
14^th	26	Gagliardo / Dittmer / Conte	Porsche 911	Alex Job Racing	61					7^th	GTS-3	1:35.4330		135.8656
15^th	22	Epps / Stanton	Porsche 911	Turning Point Racing	61					8^th	GTS-3	1:32.6110		140.0065
16^th	53	Snow / St. James	Porsche 911 Turbo		61					5^th	GTS-2	1:34.0400		137.8789
17^th	3	Revak / Thompson	Chevrolet Monte Carlo		60					4^th	GTS-1	1:33.3950		138.8301
18^th	05	Ralston / Trejos	Porsche 911		60					9^th	GTS-3	1:32.2770		140.5134
19^th	76	Matthews / Murry	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	Team A.R.E.	58					10^th	GTS-3	1:30.1820	37	143.7772
20^th	72	Gray / Williamson	Porsche 911		57					11^th	GTS-3	1:40.9720		128.4128
21^st	66	Bundy / Wallace	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	Panoz Motorsports	54					5^th	GTS-1	1:23.6050		155.0876
22^nd	16	Carter / Kong	Ford Thunderbird		46					6^th	GTS-1	1:35.0670		136.3887
23^rd	13	Hezemans / Lammers	Lotus GT1 Turbo	-	36				Fire	7^th	GTS-1	1:24.5810		153.2981
24^th	06	Goolsby / Williamson	Porsche 911		34				DNF	12^th	GTS-3	1:25.8500		135.2750
25^th	55	Nelson Richardson	Chevrolet Monte Carlo		28				DNF	8^th	GTS-1	1:22.8140		138.2105
26^th	98	Skibo / Young	Ford Thunderbird		27				DNF	9^th	GTS-1	1:35.4300		135.8705
27^th	84	Chris Neville	Pontiac Grand Prix		27				DNF	10^th	GTS-1	1:33.3270		138.9315
28^th	95	Saleen / Johnson	Ford Saleen Mustang		20				Mechanical	6^th	GTS-2	1:34.3080		137.4863
29^th	34	Barkelew / Simo	Porsche 911		19				Mechanical	13^th	GTS-3	1:33.2930		138.9830
30^th	77	Cohen / Halsmer / Auberlen	BMW M3	Mattco Racing	18				Mechanical	14^th	GTS-3	1:31.9340		141.1910
31^st	50	Petersen / White	Chevrolet Camaro		6				DNF	11^th	GTS-1	1:34.0120		137.9192

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
9	Lewis / Rice	Mosler Raptor	Mosler Automotive		GTS-1
11	Ross Thompson	Chevrolet Monte Carlo			GTS-1

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
01	McNish / Pilgrim / Rohr	Porsche 911 GT1	Rohr Motorsport	GTS-1
22	Epps / Stanton	Chevrolet Camaro	Turning Point Racing	GTS-3
39	Matthews / Murry	Porsche 911	Jim Mathews Racing/Carolina Turkey	GTS-3
55	Nelson Richardson	Pontiac Grand Prix		GTS-1